Local police twice caught Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam carrying illegal drugs and a weapon in the Belgian town of Aalst, the mayor said on Thursday.

In 2012, police found drugs in Abdeslam’s car when they stopped him for a random drug and alcohol check in the town, about 30 kilometers from Brussels, according to Regional broadcaster TV Oost.

“His vehicle insurance was not up to standard, he had an illegal weapon in his car and he tested positive to drugs,” Aalst’s mayor Christoph D’Haese confirmed.

In 2014, Abdeslam was again charged with drug possession.

The information was passed on to authorities. Abdeslam, who was transferred from Brussels to a Paris prison April 27 for his involvement in the November Paris attacks, had not been radicalized by then, the mayor said.